PS3 to be compatible with retro game saves |
08-08-2006, 07:43 AM
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#1 | | Custom Made Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 4,217 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii is Home. BEAVERton, Oregon is where I live and work at. Collection Count: Enough | PS3 to be compatible with retro game saves
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Originally Posted by via gamesarefun.com Posted by Ash Paulsen at 07:22:15 AM EST on 8.8.2006.
Sony has confirmed through a PlayStation 3 FAQ on their official PS3 website that their upcoming next-generation console will in fact be compatible with PS1 and PS2 game saves, to support and complement the PS3's already-announced (hopefully) full backwards-compatibility with past-generation PlayStation games.
This is, of course, good news... but there seems to be just one caveat. From what is stated on the website, it would seem that while your old PS1 and PS2 game saves will indeed be usable on the PS3, you're going to need to buy a "Memory Card Adaptor" to actually be able to convert them over to your PS3. From the website:
"To use saved data on a PlayStation 2 memory card, you must copy the data onto a virtual memory card within the hard disk," the site reads. "This requires a PS2/PSone memory card adaptor to copy the data to your PlayStation 3. A memory card adaptor is designed to edit, up/download game saves to and from EMS flash card or smart media card."
The site, however, does not mention whether Sony themselves will be making such an adaptor available, or if this responsibility will fall solely to third-party peripheral manufacturers.
It's worth noting that, at least in the case of the Xbox 360, the latter has been the case so far; there's no officially supported way of moving old Xbox game saves over to an Xbox 360. Only time and the nearing of the PS3's November launch will shed light on Sony's plans for this aspect of the PS3's feature set.
Source: GameSpot | Cool, cause it sucked not being able to play/save PS1 games on my PS2. Would be cool if they do the look for a save file to open secret items.
but an adapter....come on...  | 
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08-08-2006, 11:27 AM
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#2 | | Want to Touch my Wankel? Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,601 | Read this before. It doesnt mention how the Adaptor piece you need to make this work, will also only work on the 600 Dolla high end PS3.
Also PS1 saves worked on a PS2.  | |
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08-08-2006, 12:31 PM
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#3 | | ****** of the Minicons Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 3,506 Location: Ontario | Yes but you couldn't save a PS1 game onto a PS2 save card, you would have to use a PS1 card. | |
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08-08-2006, 01:23 PM
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#4 | | Pink Soul
'Weak Humanoid Grip!' Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,054 Location: Eternal Winter, MN | How much more will this cost?  | |
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08-08-2006, 01:37 PM
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#5 | | The True Beast Wars Fan Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 13,894 Location: Dublin, OH Collection Count: 200+, though it may get downsized soon. News Credits: 7 | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Big Nine How much more will this cost? | Probably another $100, seeing as though the PS3 will go for $500-600. | |
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08-08-2006, 05:20 PM
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#6 | | I voted for Super_Megatron and all I got was this stupid user title. Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 11,713 Location: Lansing Michigan Collection Count: 486 News Credits: 2 | it better be cheap, since you'll only need to use it once for each memory card, and then never again.
it shouldnt be an adapter. should be built in. | |
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08-08-2006, 06:00 PM
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#7 | | 4 8 15 16 23 42 Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 8,897 Location: Bay Area | For every nice thing Sony does, it seems like they manage to simultaneously also screw it up. Bah.
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08-08-2006, 06:06 PM
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#8 | | PAC-MAN HAT!!!!!!!!!! Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 6,186 Location: Texa$ Collection Count: 355+ | An optional adaptor doesn't qualify something as compatible. Otherwise, I could say that the NES is Famicom compatible, the Genesis is Master System compatible, the SNES is GameBoy compatible, and the ColecoVision is Atari 2600 compatible. Taking third-party adaptors into account, I could also say that the N64 is NES, Famicom, and SNES/SFC compatible, the Game Gear is Master System compatible, and the PS1 is GameBoy compatible. Since you can't actually even use the card itself, but have to transfer the data to a different medium, I could go beyond that and include all the emulators available to play other games on N64, Dreamcast, PS1/2, Xbox, GBA, DS, GP32/X, and PSP. However, much like Sony's claim, that would border on being a lie.  | |
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08-08-2006, 06:40 PM
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#9 | | Never Forget Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 28,162 Location: Sheffield, UK News Credits: 1 | ...it's only the game saves. Don't have a cow dude. | |
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08-08-2006, 09:44 PM
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#10 | | President of Calendars Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 5,585 Location: So. California | Why cant they be bothered to make a slot for memory cards? It should be one of the least expensive things in the damn system.
Also, will Dual Shock 1 and 2 controllers work on PS3? I assume you will need a addapter, but is there any word on an addapter for the controllers?  | |
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